The site’s long-term remedy included landfill capping and use of an enclosed flare to thermally treat landfill gases. The work took place in the summer of 1995. Since then, the site’s potentially responsible parties (PRPs) have been operating and maintaining the remedy as well as monitoring to ensure the remedy remains protective.
| City | North Smithfield |
|---|---|
| County | Providence County |
| State | Rhode Island |
| Coordinates | 41.97950, -71.58900 |
Landfill Resource Recovery Inc L Rr is a federal Superfund site in Rhode Island. The Superfund program, created by Congress in 1980, addresses sites where hazardous substances have been released or threaten release into the environment. EPA scores potential sites using the Hazard Ranking System; those that score high enough are placed on the National Priorities List.
Current status: Construction complete. Physical construction of the cleanup remedy is complete, though long-term monitoring and institutional controls typically continue for years or decades. Groundwater treatment systems, for example, often run long after surface cleanup finishes.
EPA has identified 10 contaminants of concern at this site, including 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethene. Contamination has been detected in landfill gas, groundwater, surface water, sediment.
If you live near this site and have health concerns, your state health department can provide site-specific guidance. EPA maintains a community involvement program for most NPL sites, and site documents — including the Record of Decision, five-year reviews, and public health assessments — are typically available through EPA's Superfund site profile.